Transportation Funding: A Consultant s Perspective. by Steven B. Bolt, PE, PTOE Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc. President ACEC/PA

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1 Transportation Funding: A Consultant s Perspective by Steven B. Bolt, PE, PTOE Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc. President ACEC/PA

2 Transportation Funding Federal Reauthorization Status Pennsylvania Status Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition

3 Federal Reauthorization Surface Transportation Bill (MAP-21) As of Tuesday 29 November :45 AM

4 Federal Reauthorization Surface Transportation Bill (MAP-21) As of Wednesday 30 November :01 PM

5 Federal Transportation Spending For FY 2012 (H.R. 2112) Program Fiscal Year 2011 House bill Senate bill Final 2012 Highways $41.1 billion $27 billion Transit buses and facilities Transit capital investment grants $41.1 billion (plus $1.9 billion additional for emergency relief) $39.14 billion (plus $1.66 billion additional for emergency relief) $8.34 billion $5.2 billion $8.36 billion $8.36 billion $1.596 billion $1.554 billion $1.955 billion $1.955 billion Improvement Program $3.515 billion $3.35 billion $3.515 billion $3.35 billion Amtrak $1.5 billion $1.15 billion $1.5 billion $1.45 billion High speed rail $0 $0 $100 million $0 TIGER discretionary multimodal grants $527 million $0 $550 million $500 million

6 Transportation Funding in Pennsylvania

7 PennDOT Consultant Payouts Consultant Payouts Design Payout (million $) $450 $400 $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 $ /1 to 11/30 Construction Inspection

8 PennDOT Consultant Payouts Year Design Construction Inspection Total 2002 $ 199 $ 101 $ $ 191 $ 101 $ $ 178 $ 102 $ $ 158 $ 102 $ $ 140 $ 111 $ $ 150 $ 110 $ $ 221 $ 85 $ $ 265 $ 102 $ $ 273 $ 129 $ 402 % Inspection of Total 34% 35% 36% 39% 44% 42% 28% 28% 32%

9 Transportation Funding Where are We Now? PennDOT Staff-No Pay Increase In Over 3½ Years Four Engineering Firms Have Declared Bankruptcy In The Past Three Years Staff Lost To Attrition Not Replaced Layoffs! Entire Industry Under Significant Pressure Infrastructure Continues To Deteriorate

10 ACEC/PA Membership Since 2008, ACEC/PA Has Seen a Steady Decline In Its Membership Financial Belt-Tightening Within Firms Firm Mergers & Acquisitions Downsizing or Relocation of Workforce Year No. of Member Firms (Full Membership/Non-Associate) No. of Member Employees Lost (from previous year) , TOTAL 2,679

11 What s Next? Mass Exodus? Marcellus Shale? Dogs and Cats Living Together? Give Up?

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13 Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition (KTFC) Coalition of 90+ Wide-Ranging, Public and Private Organizations Advocating for a Long-Term Funding Solution to the Commonwealth s Infrastructure Needs. Of the Total 253 Members of the General Assembly, All but 51 Have Either Been Contacted By or Met with a KTFC Member to Discuss New Revenue.

14 Coalition Members Include Highway Construction Industry Public Transit Agencies Labor Unions Farm Organizations AARP Bicycle and Pedestrian Trail Advocates Land-Use Advocates AAA Organizations Representing Local Governments Chambers of Commerce Travel and Tourism Organizations Environmental Advocates Freight and Passenger Rail Organizations Truck Freight Haulers Healthcare Providers Air and Seaport Organizations

15 Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition Members Friends of PA AARP Allegheny Conference on Community Development Alfred Bennesch & Company Altoona Metro Transit American Council of Engineering Companies-PA (ACECPA) American Concrete Pavement Association, Pennsylvania Chapter American Infrastructure Area Transit Authority of North Central PA Associated PA Constructors (APC) Aviation Council of PA Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Bike Lebanon Bike Pittsburgh Boy's and Girl's Club of PA Capitol Strategies Group Central Atlantic Bridge Associates (CABA-Bridges) Conservancy Recycle Bicycle County Commissioners Association of PA (CCAP) Dawood Delaware Port Authority Delaware Valley Health Care Coalition Delaware Valley Health Care Council Full Service Network Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. Greater PA Carpenters Union Greenlee Partners Greenhorn & O'Mara Hospital and Health Association of PA (HAP) Keystone State Railroad Association Kleinschmidt Energy & Water Laborers International Union of North America-Mid-Atlantic Region League of American Bicycles Malady & Wooten Mark Stout Consulting Martin Stone McCormick Taylor Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. Mid-Atlantic Regional Laborers Michelle Robinson Architects Milliron Associates New Enterprise Stone & Lime Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) Northeast Prestressed (NPP) Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc. PA AAA Federation PA Aggregates and Concrete Association (PACA) PA Area Council of Boys and Girls Clubs PA Asphalt Pavement Association (PAPA) PA Association of Conservation Districts (PACD) PA Association of Convention & Visitors Bureau PA Association of Milk Dealers (PAMD) PA Builders Association (PBA) PA Business Association PA Business Council PA Chamber of Business and Industry PA Chesapeake Bay Commission PA Farm Bureau (PFB) PA Food Merchants Association (PFMA) PA Motor Truck Association (PMTA) PA Public Interest Research Group PA Public Transportation Association (PPTA) PA State Association of Boroughs PA State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) PA State House Transportation Committee PA Turnpike Commission PA Walks and Bikes PENJERDEL Council Penn State University Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies PennAg Industries Association (PennAg) Pennoni Associates, Inc. PennTrans Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Main Line Chamber of Commerce Pilots Assn. for Bay and River Delaware Pittsburgh Port Authority Public Affairs Management Rabbit Transit Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Red Rose Transit Authority RPB Consulting SEIU SEPTA Skelly and Loy, Inc. Strategic Technology Concepts TechQuest PA Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. Triad Strategies United Transportation State Legislative Board (UTU) UPS URS Group Westmoreland Transit

16 Facts If You Haven t Participated in KTFC Outreach Yet Shame! If You Think It s Up To Someone Else To Fix This For You You Would Be Wrong This Legislative Session is Finished House (Scheduled) December 12, 13, 14, 15, 19 & 20 Senate (Scheduled) December 12, 13, 14

17 What You Can Do: Logon and Sign the Petition at Write a Letter To The Governor and Your Legislators Write Letters-To-The-Editor In Your Local Newspapers Talk To Your Local Chambers of Commerce, Civic Clubs, Neighbors

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